title: On the Lathrobium fauna of the Emei Shan, Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).
abstract: Six species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from the Emei Shan, Sichuan, are described and illustrated: Lathrobium iunctum Assing & Peng sp. n., Lathrobium coniunctum Assing & Peng sp. n., Lathrobium conexum Assing & Peng sp. n., Lathrobium ensigerum Assing & Peng sp. n., Lathrobium hastatum Assing & Peng sp. n., and Lathrobium bisinuatum Assing & Peng sp. n. Based on their primary and secondary sexual characters, they represent two distinct lineages, each of them comprising three species. A key to the species recorded from the Emei Shan is provided.
authors.affiliation: Gabelsbergerstr. 2, D-30163 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Assing
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Mei-Jun
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: China; Coleoptera; Emei Shan; Lathrobium; Sichuan; Staphylinidae; description; endemism; key to species; new species; species groups; taxonomy